Campus & Community

Proscovia Nabunya, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been named director of the school’s International Center for Child Health and Development.

Jeannie Kelly, MD, a renowned expert in the care of women with opiate use disorders during pregnancy, has been named the new director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at WashU Medicine.

Premal H. Thaker, MD, an accomplished clinician who has been recognized for her landmark research on ovarian cancer progression, has been named director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at WashU Medicine.

Michael H. Johnson, MD, has been named director of the Division of Urologic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at WashU Medicine.

Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD, has been named director of the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Apheresis in the Department of Pediatrics at WashU Medicine.

J. Westley Ohman, MD, a leader in complex aortic surgery at WashU Medicine, has been named the new director of the Division of Vascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery.

Mechanical and materials engineer Sara Roccabianca has been named director of the Center for Women’s Health Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, a clinical innovator who has developed new devices and techniques for heart valve surgeries, has been named the new director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at WashU Medicine.

John E. Powers II has been appointed vice chancellor and general counsel for Washington University in St. Louis, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced. He has served as chief counsel at WashU Medicine.

John F. Bade, a former executive of The Boeing Co. and a longtime professor of practice, has been named executive director of the Henry Edwin Sever Institute in the McKelvey School of Engineering.